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William Kanengiser, guitar
William Kanengiser continues the launch of “The Diaspora
Project”
in the 2020-2021 season.
For “The Diaspora Project,” Mr. Kanengiser has commissioned
seven new compositions for classical guitar, each reflecting the
individual composers’ personal perspectives on issues of musical
and cultural identity.
• Sergio Assad: “The Walls” for Solo Guitar & Guitar
Orchestra • Dusan Bogdanovic: “The Castle in Cloudland” – a work
based on
Serbian folktales • Andrea Clearfield: A re-imagining of
traditional Tibetan dramyin music • Matthew Dunne: An exploration
of Central American migration to the
United States • Bryan Johanson: “The Bootlegger’s Tale” – a
reflection on the
composer’s Irish-American immigrant grandfather during
Prohibition • Golfam Khayam: “Lost Land” – a transfiguration of
ancient Persian
music • Carlos Rafael Rivera: The composer’s take on
Mayan/Guatemalan
music
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William Kanengiser, guitar Selections from these works will be
integrated into a program of Spanish masterworks for solo guitar.
NOTE: Mr. Assad’s work includes the participation of a local guitar
orchestra. If you are interested in including this work in your
program, please request further details as to preparation and
rehearsal. British Invasion:
William Kanengiser and the Alexander String Quartet
The Alexander String Quartet and guitarist William Kanengiser
are pleased
to announce an unusual collaborative program, “British
Invasion.”
Please Turn to Page 6 for Details.
REPERTORY WITH GUITAR ORCHESTRA This work, written for Mr.
Kanengiser, is for solo guitar with a guitar ensemble
of 15 or more players (and conductor).
Sergio Assad The Walls (2018) Shingo Fujii Concierto de Los
Angeles (2006) REPERTORY WITH ORCHESTRA Isaac Albeniz (arr. Steven
Goss) The Albeniz Concerto (2009) Malcolm Arnold Concerto, Op. 67
(1959) Dusan Bogdanovic Kaleidoscope (2004) Mario
Castelnuovo-Tedesco Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 99 (1939)
Ernesto Cordero Concierto Antillano (1983) Manuel Ponce Concierto
del Sur (1941) Joaquin Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez (1939)
Fantasia para un Gentilhombre (1954) Craig Russell Concierto
Romántico (1977) Heitor Villa-Lobos Concerto (1951) Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D major, RV 93 Concerto in C major, RV 425 Concerto in
A major
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British Invasion:
William Kanengiser and the Alexander String Quartet
The Alexander String Quartet and guitarist William
Kanengiser
are pleased to announce an unusual collaborative program,
“British Invasion.” The germ of this project is a work
co-composed by Sting and Dušan Bogdanović, “Prisms – Six Songs by
Sting” (2013). The work reinterprets, for guitar and string
quartet, the songs “Every Breath You Take,” “Message in a Bottle,”
“Shape of My Heart,” “Fields of Gold,” “Roxanne,” and “Desert
Rose.” This will be the U.S. Premiere of this work. The musicians
decided to craft a program of quintet works, all with a British
connection: Sting/Bogdanović
Prisms – Six Songs by Sting [2013] – U.S. Premiere Leo
Brouwer
From Yesterday to Today: Seven Songs After the Beatles [1995]
Ian Krouse
Labyrinth (on a theme by Led Zeppelin) [1995] Ian Krouse
Music in Four Sharps (on Dowland’s Frog Galliard) [2004]
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